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1. Moshpirit (temporaly disabled) (moshpiritdisabled@status.vinilox.eu)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2014 18:28:27 UTC Moshpirit (temporaly disabled)

   • Stephen Sekula
   How is read in #maths "2x3=6"?
   I found "2 times 3 is equal to 6" but I can't imagine a mathematician saying "times" in a very long equation thousands of times (sorry for the redundancy).
   
   cc/ @steve, please, could you help me with this doubt?
   • Dylan (backup account) (backupgaloisghost@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2014 21:47:14 UTC Dylan (backup account)

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     @moshpirit That correct when you are talking about the product of two entities that need separating to make sense. Eg. For a polynomial...
   • Dylan (backup account) (backupgaloisghost@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2014 22:00:52 UTC Dylan (backup account)

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     @moshpirit say 3x + 4y = 34. You say "three x plus four y" the "times" is implicit, because number and variable are different entities that
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   • Dylan (backup account) (backupgaloisghost@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2014 22:02:55 UTC Dylan (backup account)

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     @moshpirit have an unambiguous meaning said together. Whereas for 2*3=6 saying "two three" can be confusing
   • Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Sep-2014 00:19:02 UTC Stephen Sekula

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     For a long sequence of numbers, one might say, "Take the product of the following numbers: 2,2,6,7,8, and 10". This eliminates having to say "times" a lot. There are other verbal tricks, but that is a common one.
   • Moshpirit (temporaly disabled) (moshpiritdisabled@status.vinilox.eu)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Sep-2014 07:40:09 UTC Moshpirit (temporaly disabled)

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     • Stephen Sekula
     • Temporary Marjolein
     thank you all!! :-) I'll watch some videos when I finish my exams :-)
     cc/ @mk